Monday, February 17, 2014

My Olympic Love of Carrots

orange beauties

Lately, I really have a thing for carrots. The carrots at the farmers market have been so perfect: crunchy, sweet, bright orange, and bursting with carroty goodness - no matter which farmer I buy them from! I've been keeping my produce drawer stocked with a non-stop supply of these special veggies, and putting them in soup, eating them as snacks, giving the ends to the doggies... everyone loves carrots!

19 comments:

I totally understand the carrot love! Oftentimes when I'm chopping carrots for a salad, I snag a bite or two and am blown away by the wonderful earthy flavor. Then I pull David to me and say, "You have to try this carrot!" I know that they're a very standard vegetable, but because they're often served shaved and dried out or in baby carrot form people don't realize how good a fresh-from-ground carrot can be. All of your carrot pics are super cute!!

lately, I've been cutting thicker carrots into fries and baking them in olive oil and sea salt at 450 until crispy. we cannot get enough of them, and went through 25lbs of carrots in less than a month!

You crack me up! Love it. I have been buying pounds of carrots at the FM. We juice them, cook with them, add them to salads, and just reach into the bag and eat them again and again!I may have to try skiing on them... if only there was snow.

Gosh, your cartoons are just so darn awesome! Love it! The hubs made me fabulous ginger-maple-lemon carrots the other day for dinner. Now I want some more! Plus I always like watching the olympics. Excellent combination!

Ha ha – carrot capers! I've thrown a couple of surprise parties, and the hardest thing for me is to not laugh. No matter what anyone says before the party, I laugh and laugh. I have to keep thinking of funny things to say so the laughing seems more 'normal'. You always have the best food at your parties!